You will serve as a Supervisory Park Ranger (Protection) - Deputy Chief Ranger at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. his position serves as the Deputy Chief Ranger for Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, which includes six units located in southern Louisiana, as well as provides law enforcement support to a third National Park Service site, Cane River Creole National Historical Park.
This position serves as the principal advisor to the Chief Ranger relative to visitor and resource protection issues and assists the Chief Ranger with a variety of administrative assignments.
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Supervise Law Enforcement Staff and Operations: Manages law enforcement personnel across park units, ensuring supervision, staff development, performance evaluation, and compliance with safety and equal opportunity standards.
Provide Professional Law Enforcement Guidance: Delivers expert legal and technical advice to officers, supporting Department of Interior and National Park Service law enforcement missions and compliance. Plan and Manage Law Enforcement Programs: Oversees patrols, emergency services, protection, programming, budgeting, and crime prevention, developing operational plans.
Conduct and Oversee Investigations: Supervises investigations of offenses, coordinates with agencies, and addresses community concerns. Represent Park Law Enforcement Interests: Serves as liaison, manages contracts and permits, interacts with officials, and develops agreements to resolve jurisdictional issues.
Law Enforcement Commission: Must currently possess or previously held (within the past three years), a FLETC issued Land Management Police Training, full Type I Law Enforcement Commission or equivalent; or be qualified to receive a Type 1 Commission upon appointment. This position does not allow substituting education for experience.
This is a secondary/administrative law enforcement position under the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8412(d) (FERS). While secondary positions are not subject to the maximum entry age (MEA) policy, applicants must have prior service in a primary position and meet the transfer requirement for movement from a primary to a secondary position to be eligible for special retirement coverage.
Applicants may meet qualification requirements but may not be eligible for special retirement coverage; if such an applicant is selected, they will be placed in the regular retirement system.
For FERS eligibility, an employee must transfer directly (without a break in service exceeding three days) from a primary position to a secondary position, complete three years of service in a primary rigorous position-including any such service during which no FERS deductions were withheld-and must be continuously employed in a secondary position since moving from a primary rigorous position, except for any break in employment from a secondary position that began with involuntary separation (not for cause).
It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure this office has sufficient information to determine retirement status and prevent loss of benefits, typically by submitting an SF-50 or other documentation demonstrating work history in approved covered positions. Applicants must inform human resources if they are currently in a primary position.
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This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $91985 – $119583/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-30.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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